• danekrae@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Both Israel and the US have representative democracies. Views of the government are the views of the people.

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      2 years ago

      But with just some VERY MINOR tweaks to the system, the “views of the people” would be very different. In the US, the system is OPENLY engineered to preserve existing power structures, in ways that have accumulated over the decades (Jerrymandering, Electoral College and First Past The Post all add up…)